Whap – Era 1 & 2 Packet

1. 
   List places where communism was influential during the 20^th century. (1036)
   
2. 
   What were the major differences between the Russian and Chinese Revolutions? (1039)
   
3. 
   What was the appeal of communism in China before 1949? (1042)
   
4. 
   What changes did communist regimes bring to the lives of women? (1046)
   
5. 
   How did the collectivization of agriculture differ between the USSR and China? (1047)
   
6. 
   In what ways did the U.S. play a global role after WWII? (1058)
   
7. 
   Explain how U.S. culture spread around the world. Give specific examples. (1058)
   
8. 
   According to the author, the communist era came to an end in “three acts”. What were these “three acts”? (1061)
   
9. 
   How did the end of communism in the Soviet Union differ from communism’s demise in China? (1063)
   

Pg. 1055: NATO countries, U.S. allies, Warsaw Pact, Communist countries

Joseph Stalin – The Results of the First Five-Year Plan (Doc 21.2)

1. 
   What larger goals for the country underlay Stalin’s report? Why did he believe those goals had to be achieved so rapidly?
   
2. 
   To what indications of success did Stalin point? Which of these claims do you find the most and least credible?
   

1. 
   In what respects did Soviet workers benefit from Stalinist industrialization?
   
2. 
   What criticisms were voiced in these extracts?
   
3. 
   Which of these selections do you find most credible?
   

1. 
   Briefly describe each person’s experience during the Terror.
   
2. 
   How might you compare the Soviet Terror and the Nazi Holocaust?
   

1. 
   In what ways was the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires different from other cases of imperial disintegration? (1088)
   
2. 
   What international circumstances and social changes contributed to the end of colonial empires? (1091)
   
3. 
   What obstacles confronted the leaders of movements for independence? (1092)
   
4. 
   Why didn’t most people in India think of themselves as “Indians”? Why did this change under British colonial rule? (1093)
   
5. 
   Explain what the author means by “His (Gandhi’s) was a radicalism of a different kind? (1095)
   
6. 
   How did Gandhi view women? (1095)
   
7. 
   Why was African rule in South Africa delayed until 1994, when it had occurred decades earlier elsewhere? (1097)
   
8. 
   What led to the erosion of democracy and the establishment of military government in much of Africa and Latin America? (1105)
   
9. 
   What obstacles impeded the development of third-world countries? (1109)
   
10. 
    How did industrial development in East Asia differ from Latin America? (1111)
    

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk – Speech to the General Congress of the Republican Party (Doc 22.1)

1. 
   On what grounds did Ataturk justify the abolition of the caliphate?
   
2. 
   What additional actions did he take to remove Islam from a public or political role in the new Turkish state?
   
3. 
   What can you infer about Ataturk’s view of Islam?
   
4. 
   What kind of government does Ataturk foresee for Turkey?
   

1. 
   How does Khomeini define the enemies of Islam?
   
2. 
   How would you summarize his case against European imperialism and the shah’s government?
   
3. 
   In what ways does Khomeini seek to apply Islamic principles in the public life of Iran? What is his view of Iranian popular culture?
   
4. 
   What kind of government does Khomeini foresee for Iran?
   

1. 
   Against what charges does Sheikh Kabir seek to defend Islam?
   
2. 
   In what ways are Sheik Kabir’s views critical of radical or “fundamentalist” ideas and practices?
   
3. 
   How might the Ayatollah Khomeini have responded to the arguments in this document?
   
4. 
   In what ways does this vision of a “liberal” or “moderate” Islam differ from those of Kemal Ataturk?